mayoress
Americannoun
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a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
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the wife of a mayor.
noun
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the wife of a mayor
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a female mayor
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of mayoress
1400–50; mayor + -ess; replacing late Middle English meyresse
Example Sentences
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For the mayoress he wrote catchy pastiches that might have come from a witty chanteuse’s nightclub act.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2021
Coe's father, James was Labour mayor of Tynemouth and a magistrate, while his mother, Lily, was mayoress, he said.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015
The lord mayor wears a “huge gold chain,” Moran explained, and a former lady mayoress had a similar piece of regalia made with Australia’s national gemstone.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
Last week, some mediocre California mayoress announced that she wasn’t going to attend a Veterans Day event in her city of Richmond.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2011
Heaven help the lady mayoress that ventures to shake hands with her, and the attorney's wife will be a bold woman that asks her to a tea-party henceforth!'
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James
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